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Lord Six Flint
No separate monarch of this name is attested in 7th-century Teotihuacan–Maya sources.…
Timeline
- 636–650Calakmul · CampecheAfter acceding, he rebuilt Snake dynasty hegemony, establishing a overlord–vassal network among city-states such as Tikal, Palenque, and Dos Pilas, continuing the Mesoamerican tradition of super-lord politics dating from the Teotihuacan era.
- 657–686Maya lowlands · PeténDuring his reign Snake dynasty power reached its height, with his names and titles appearing in inscriptions at multiple subject cities; he died in 686 and was succeeded by Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk'.
Sources
- Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens — Simon Martin; Nikolai Grube (2008)
- The arrival of strangers — Lizzie Wade (2020) https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.367.6481.968